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Drug major Cipla on Friday said its consolidated net profit increased 12 per cent to Rs 797 crore for the second quarter ended September 30. The Mumbai-based drug maker had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 709 crore in the July-September period of the previous fiscal. Its total revenue from operations rose to Rs 5,829 crore for the September quarter from Rs 5,520 crore in the year-ago period, Cipla said in a regulatory filing. In respect of the transfer of India-based US business undertaking, the board decided not to proceed with the proposed transfer, considering various factors, including the current operating environment, it added. Shares of the company were trading 0.5 per cent up at Rs 1,154.10 apiece on the BSE.
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For the full fiscal, Cipla has posted a 4.7% jump in net profit to Rs 2,517 crore, revenue and Ebitda rose 13.6% and 6.4% respectively
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Mumbai headquartered pharma firm posted 20% growth in profit before tax for the first quarter of the current financial year to Rs 799 crore, on a 9% YoY growth in revenues to Rs 4,346 crore
Firm's domestic business did well, up 16% YoY during the quarter when Cipla launched licensed version of Gilead's remdesivir
Improving growth in North America will complement strong domestic sales
The net profit came down 33 per cent to Rs 246 crore, lower than Street expectations. Emkay Global had expected a 3 per cent dip in profit for the quarter.
Promising domestic sales, new launches in the US are keeping analysts positive
Profitability though got a boost with higher contribution from limited competition products in the US
Total income from operations stood at Rs 36.9797 billion. It was Rs 35.82 billion for the same period a year ago
Growth is expected to be strong in the March 2017-18 quarter (Q4) as well and in the current financial year
Revenue from North America fell 2 percent due to ongoing pricing pressures in the generics market
Cipla its scaling down its biotech business after a weak fourth quarter which saw Rs 61.79 crore loss. In the same quarter last fiscal the company had posted Rs 93 crore loss.While the loss declined on a year on year basis the result was way below street estimates which was anticipating Rs 200-300 crore quarterly profit. Income from operations rose 8 per cent to Rs 3582 crore largely led by growth in the US market but sales slowed down in India and other emerging markets.Impairment charge of Rs 260 crore in relation to its biotech business and litigation for certain products in the US contributed to the loss."Operationally the quarter was in line with our guidance ," Cipla's chief executive officer Umang Vohra said. He added that the reported 14 per cent Ebidta margin included the one off impact of impairment and forex loss. Vohra said the company will not manufacture biosimilars and will outsource production of or look for inlicensing opportunities. The company has also put on ...
Analysts on average had expected the firm would report a profit of Rs 345 crore